If you are subletting the apartment to others, then you become their landlord.  

As the others have mentioned, its entirely a numbers game -- the more emails you send and calls you make, the more likely you are to land a deal! 

It still may be negative, but so is paying rent to your current landlord.  

This grew into a land development business where we focus on building subdivisions in North Texas and the Pacific Northwest.

I think either Joe Land or Dave Del Gotto used to propose something like this when treasury bond interest rates were 16%.  

I am hoping to land my first deal in the near future and begin my journey in this venture.

Lots of disclosure needs to be given by you to your buyer.But if you're up for being a landlord, maybe this is a fix-and-hold.Is the HELOC against your primary residence? 

.- Accept pets and be flexible on deposits because it will set you apart from other STR landlords. 

It's adding commercial real estate for shops, it's permitting for land use of parks or new development.

I am the type of landlord who maintain my property with high standard, not cheap with upgrades and new systems, going the extra miles to fulfill my Landlord responsibilities but I also like to enforce my bullet proof lease.